Pocket for bathing and sporting garments



Aug. 15, 1933.

P. N. MADSEN POCKET FOR BATHING AND SPORTING GARMENTS Filed April 26, 1935 E353)" c/ZM Patented Aug. 15, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POCKET FOR BATHING AND SPORTING GARMENTS 4 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a pocket for bathing and sporting garments, and has for one of its objects to provide such a pocket wherein the opening leading thereto may be closed by a slide fastener to prevent the accidental loss of the contents of the pocket.

Up to the present time bathers who desired to carry keys, money or other objects which will not be particularly effected by dampness have been required to tie the same about the body or place such articles in an open pocket, thereby running the risk of being lost. A pocket such as herein shown and described entirely overcomes these disadvantages since the articles may be placed therein and the pocket opening securely closed. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a pocket structure in which a certain portion of the pocket in the region of that end of the pocket opening that is last closed by the fastener forms a barrier which will have a tendency to prevent the loss of articles from the pocket even if the fastener is not completely closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pocket wherein the entrance thereto is formed in the goods or wall of the garment itself.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a pocket which may be readily attached to any bathing or sporting garment and wherein the entrance to the pocket is formed in the pocket material.

With these and other ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specificifally designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how .to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which:-

Fig. l is a view of a portion of a garment provided with a pocket structure embodying my invention and showing the entrance in the garment material closed by a slide fastener.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing the pocket on the outside of the garment material with the entrance to the pocket formed in the pocket material and also closed by a slide fastener.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

My invention as embodied in Figs. 1 and 2 discloses a wall or portion of fabric of a bathing suit or other sporting apparel 5, and to the back or inside surface of said garment wall or fabric is sewn a pocket 6 by the stitches 7.

The garment wall or fabric 5 is slit in the region of the upper portion ofthe pocket wholly Within the boundaries of said pocket to provide a pocket entrance, and the elements'of a slide fastener 8 is sewn to the edges of the slit by rows ofstitches 9, 10 and 11, and the row of stitches 11 extends beyond that end, which l will call the inner end, of the slit or pocket entrance where the fastener operating means 12 is located when said fastener is closed or fastened as illustrated in Fig. l, said extended stitches being represented by the numeral 13. Said stitches 13 pass through the garment fabric and pocket material to secure said parts together and partially close the pocket between the inner end of the pocket entrance and the adjacent stitches 7.

To further assist in closing the space between the inner end of the pocketentrance and the adjacent stitches 7, the pocket material is sewn to the garment fabric by a diagonal row of stitches 14 extending from a point contiguous the inner end of said pocket entrance in a generally downward direction to the adjacent row of stitches '7.

A person wearing a bathing suit or other sporting apparel and desiring to carry articles, such as keys and coins, without inconvenience and the likelihood of losing the same, said articles are placed in the pocket and the entrance thereto closed by fastening the slide fastener. If at the time of operating the fastener to close the pocket entrance said fastener is not completely closed, the part of the pocket which is sewn to the garment fabric by the stitches l3 and 14 will act as a barrier to the articles and prevent them reaching the small portion of the pocket entrance which may be open.

This barrier also has a tendency to cause any articles rolling about or being shook up in the pocket to be returned to the bottom of the pocket.

In the form of pocket structure shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the pocket material 6a is sewn to the garment fabric Ed on the outside of the latter by the rows of stitches 7a and a slit is produced in the said pocket material to form the pocket entrance and the ends of said entrance terminate short of the side rows of stitches 7a which secure the pocket material to the garment fabric.

The slide fastener 8a is sewn to the edges of the pocket material surrounding the entrance by stitches 9a, 10a and 11a. The row 11a of said stitches extends beyond the inner end of the entrance or slit and to the adjacent stitches la as indicated at 13a. A diagonal row of stitches 14a extends from a point contiguous the inner end of the entrance to said adjacent row of stitches.

The stitches 13a and 14a secure parts of the pocket material and garment fabric together and are for the same purpose as described in connection with similar stitches referred toin relation to the structure illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The pocket structure shown in Figs. 3 and 4 may be manufactured and then readily attached to the garment and may be of one or more various colors or shades different from that of the garment. Also the pocket structure can be of various designs for ornamental purposes or to represent college, school and organization emblems or insignia.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:---

1. A pocket structure including a garment wall, pocket material stitched to said garment wall, the latter having a slit therein wholly within the boundaries of said pocket material, a row of stitches extending transversely from the inner end of said entrance to the adjacent side of the pocket, a diagonal row of stitches extending from a point contiguous said inner end of the entrance in a generally downward direction to said adjacent side of the pocket, said rows of stitches securing parts of the pocket material and garment fabric together, and a slide fastener attached to the edges of the slit for closing the pocket entrance. a 1

2. In a bathing suit or other sporting apparel, a section of pocket material, rows of stitches securing said section ofmaterial to the garment fabric to produce a pocket, an entrance to said pocket wholly within the confines of said pocket, a slide fastener secured to the edges of the pocket entrance and adapted to close said entrance, a row of stitches extending from the inner end of the entrance to the adjacent row of the first mentioned stitches, and a diagonal row of stitches extending from a point contiguous the inner end of the entrance to said adjacent row of first mentioned stitches.

3. In a bathing suit or other sporting apparel, a section of pocket material disposed on the inside of the garment, rows of stitches about the edges of the pocket material to secure the latter to the garment and forming a pocket, an entrance to said pocket produced by slitting the garment within the boundaries of the pocket, a slide fastener secured to the edges of the pocket entrance and adapted to close said entrance, a row of stitches extending from the inner end of the en-- trance to the adjacent row of the first mentioned stitches, and a diagonal row of stitches extending from a point contiguous the inner end of the entrance to said adjacent row of first mentioned stitches.

4. In a bathing suit or other sporting apparel, a section of pocket material disposed on the outside of the garment, rows of stitches about the edges of the pocket material to secure the latter to the garment and forming a pocket, an entrance to said pocket produced by slitting the pocket material, a slide fastener secured to the edges of the pocket entrance and adapted to close said entrance, a row of stitches extending from the inner end of the entrance to the adjacent row of the first mentioned stitches, and a diagonal row of stitches extending from a point contiguous the inner end of the entrance to said adjacent row of first mentioned stitches.

PETER N. MADSEN. 

